foolish thoughts to be fed
paramecium, then led downstairs
on a leash, letting the flies
lick daisies, outsourcing the hurt
to countries too deeply dense
to propagate surrogate children,
each attempt failing, each
moment lifted from the news
like gastric acid from hamburgers.
trust your instincts and
pretend, avoid late-night snacks,
the fulsome aroma of coffee cake
pushing dreams of oblivion
away, and fooling the senses
of golden retrievers, growling,
tied up to trees.
This book represents a thirty-day period of my poetry journal. Each poem addresses
the dominant thoughts occupying my mind during the early morning hours of a given
day.
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
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